Changing The Australian Flag

One big thing I would like to change is the national anthem. Only a minuscule amount of people know the second verse back to front. Even in most schools they completely skip the second verse as the majority of young adults did not learn it as they were kids and teens. My tutor doesn’t know the second verse and it is irrelevant to learn it as it is not used nearly anywhere particularly in school assemblies. I was surprised no one knew the second verse and I was surprised to see that a lot and I mean a lot of people do not know it. So even if you might know it remembers that there are thousands of people that don't know it. Mainly because of the language used in this iconic song. Which brings me to my next point.

While we sing our anthem we don’t think about the meaning of it one of the reasons is, in fact, the ancient words like "our home is GIRT by seas" I …show more content…
Tourists can't even tell which ones the British flag and which one is Australian. One other reason we should change our flag is that our flag does not show that we are a multicultural country and the flag doesn't not show that. The Australian flag as the song does not represent Australia anymore and the owners of this land. This flag is a bunch of stripes and mistaken with New Zealand, we should have a thong in the middle that would be a flag. On a serious point, Australia needs more than that, something that you can put on a wall in your house and be proud we live in this country, as well as the song that we can sing with all our might and we will be able to realise what the words mean. Not a flag that does not represent what we are and a flag that can get mistaken with other commonwealth countries flags but a flag that represents Australia and what we are as a democratic and a multicultural